By George, I think she's got it!
Well, what do you think? I've always admired Susie's blogs at Bluebird Blogs, and finally I had some time to sit down and *see* if I could possibly redo my blog design on my own. And... I am pleased with the results! My blog does not have the polish that Susie's do, and I suppose no website designer in their right mind would ever do what I did... I sold my html soul and switched to Blogger-Beta. It's easier in some ways and much more difficult in others. What you gain in ease is lost in flexibility. Fortunately, people who seem to know what they're doing have been so kind as to publish lots of tips and tutorials.
I also switched to a new template, Minima Lefty Stretch, and added a right sidebar. This template is unike any of the others that I've seen because it uses percentages instead of pixels for the wrappers, just to confuse me further. And to top it all off, I downloaded a trial version of Adobe Photoshop Elements and have been wading through that learning curve as well. So if you notice problems with the new design, now you know why!
This is still a work in progress, since I'm fumbling my way through blog-designdom here. If you notice anything that strikes you as exceptionally weird or "off" or "I don't think it's supposed to look like that", would you please tell me? I know things look different with different screen sizes and browsers. I sure would appreciate the help! And in the meantime, welcome to my new blog! I hope you like it as much as I do!
6 comments:
I *love* it! It is gorgeous. I've been thinking about redoing mine again, but just haven't wanted to take the time.... maybe over the summer...
It looks great! Kudos to you for tackling the rather daunting task of getting under the hood and tinkering with the engine (sorry, couldn't think of a more female-oriented version of that metaphor!).
The blog looks great. Slightly larger font, however, would greatly help us old folks.
Steve
Sandy ~ I think it looks fantastic! It's making me wish I had not switched from blogger to wordpress. Oh well, maybe one day I will be as brace as you are and tackle some new things in wordpress.
I do not have your email address, so I am going to totally change subjects on you here and let you know that some people are trying to revive getting together and "singing" the way we used to do on Sunday nights. The past two times, it has lasted from 7 - 11. I thought about you and John and said a liitle prayer of thanks for the friends we made and the stuff we learned on those Sunday nights ...
that should say .. be as BRAVE ... not as brace ... oh well
and, how about those Indianapolis Colts ??!!
You are my hero. Took me a year to get links...and you had to help me with that.
Be proud techno-mama!
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